Today my door bell rang and I answered to two people who said they were students at Portland State University. One was a female and the other a male. They claimed that they were finance interns for Portland State and were completing a survey for their internships.
They asked questions regarding 401K/IRA accounts, annual household income, and what age we would like to retire. There was roughly 6 questions. They then said that since I completed the questionnaire, Portland State, would come by my house to give me a gift card for doing the survey. They asked for my phone number so that they could confirm my appointment for the following day.
Before leaving, they handed me a sheet with my "appointment, " from Federal Financial Group. It said that the gift card I would be receiving would be given in exchange for "free 20 minute financial discussion, not a sales presentation."
After hearing on the local news that another guy in the area was also ripped off, I immediately was furious to find out that my phone number had been compromised and possibly other information.in the article, a Portland State spokesperson confirmed that Federal Financial Group has NEVER, EVER had an internship with this company. Link to article here: http://www.katu.com/news/business/Financial-companys-door-to-door-sales-tactics-questioned-167771505.html
Furthermore, I was also able to dig up the solicitors on Facebook where it confirms that these two are indeed, not students at Portland State. Here is the link to their profile: https://www.facebook.com/lyssa. Quallio
There is also a picture on her profile saying that they are receiving incentives for their sign ups.
This is a video about them talking about who they work for and how much money they make
http://youtu. Be/G0S-i4xzqJg
Their manager that they mentioned in their video has been mentioned in many complaints regarding unending calls and texts. Here is the link for those complaints:
In summary, my information was compromised and would have never provided that to a sales company. As a Portland State student, it only felt right to do a good thing and help other students out. Unfortunately, Federal Financial Review is a SCAM with terrible, lying employees making money off my information. I sure hope I don't get crazy calls and I definitely will avoid them at all possible if they dare stop back by my house.
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